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King Kong

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I’m King Kong and I’m ten feet long
Got a big six gun and everybody is scared
I’m King Kong, got a hydrogen bomb
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

I’m King Kong, I got so much money
I can buy anybody who gets in my path
I’m King Kong, and I’m big and strong
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

I’m King Kong and I’m ten feet long
Got a big six gun and everybody is scared
I’m King Kong, got a hydrogen bomb
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

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planetearth On Nov 06, 2004

I’m King Kong and I’m ten feet long
Got a big six gun and everybody is scared
I’m King Kong, got a hydrogen bomb
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

I’m King Kong, I got so much money
I can buy anybody who gets in my path
I’m King Kong, and I’m big and strong
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

I’m King Kong and I’m ten feet long
Got a big six gun and everybody is scared
I’m King Kong, got a hydrogen bomb
I can blow up your houses so you better beware

Everybody wants power
Everybody wants fame
Everybody wants money
La-la-la-la-la, King Kong
La-la-la-la-la
Little man’s weak and big man’s strong
Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

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2004-11-06 03:53:57

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by heritageboy

14y ago

I think the lyric is "little man's weak AS big man's strong". This gives the song a very insightful message...the little man is as weak as the big man is strong...BY COMPARISON. In other words, the stonger the big man gets the weaker the little man becomes. Thus, the little man is also motivated to become King Kong. Davies is explaining the arms race...why small countries are desperately trying to get nuclear arms and big countries are trying to keep them from doing so. Since "everbody wants power" the race will just continue...it's human nature to strive for power, wether you are currently big or small.

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by ProfessorKnowItAll

18y ago

I've wondered if this wasn't poking fun at America, whence the King Kong film came, and which does seem to have a reputation for money, guns, and nuclear capabilities (i.e., "hydrogen bomb"). I always liked the song...shame it was relegated to a B-side.

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by fairfieldparlour

18y ago

Ray's voice sounds so much like Marc Bolan would a few years later.

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